Principles of Economics, 7th Edition

Published by South-Western College
ISBN 10: 128516587X
ISBN 13: 978-1-28516-587-5

Chapter 19 - Part VI - Earnings and Discrimination - Problems and Applications - Page 411: 3

Answer

A worker with more experience has had more training for that job, so that worker provides an increased marginal product of labor.

Work Step by Step

Job tenure might have an extra positive influence on wages since the worker's experience would increase the marginal product of labor even more (than a worker with some experience).
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